You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-8
Telegraph Road, just north of Norwood, is a very straight road. As you travel north from Norwood, at a point just north of where it intersects Clinton and Grange, the road suddenly shifts about three meters to the east. You see, at this point, the road crosses the fault from the September 4, 2010 Darfield Earthquake. While the evidence of the fault is slowly fading away, there is no mistaking that the ground must have been rent.
Similarly, as you travel down the straight time line of history, you will come across a point where things are not merely shifted but completely transformed. This event, now thousands of years remote, is not evident to the blind. But whenever you celebrate the Lord’s supper, it is like we are standing over that spot on Telegraph road. There is no mistaking that something incredible has happened at exactly this time, just the right time. Only, it’s not a road that has been rent. A veil has been torn in half; a new covenant has been established; a Savior has been crushed on our behalf. And this is not evidence of a disaster; it is evidence of our God’s own love for us. Beloved, let us never forget this perfect point in time and what has happened at Calvary. By remembering this in this way we are proclaiming His death until He comes again. Maranatha.
